The last time we had a big surge in pricing, the median sales price went up 100% in five years. But that was twenty years ago when the boomers were all young enough to move frequently, causing plenty of homes to be for sale. By now, most (if not all) of those boomers...
That face when you find out you're included in Wall Street Journal's America's Best Real Estate Professionals list for 2020! We were one of only 92 Compass teams to be included. THANK YOU to our team members for assisting us, our clients for trusting us, and our...
Here's a demonstration of adding a bedroom/full bath over the living room with high ceiling. This is the same house that got me into BloombergBusinessweek!...
Let's review how some listing agents have been handling their bidding wars in 2021. Ignored a $60,000 non-refundable deposit and took an offer that was $40,000 lower. Once they get to the highest offer, they insert their own buyer at the same price. Let an escalation...
Let's call it the Big Confluence: Covid concerns keep diminishing over the next few months. More sellers feel safe to put their home on the market. More sellers find a way to hurry up and get their home on the market. Buyer skepticism rises. Agents get too cocky....
My wife's brief explanation on how she handles the request for repairs that the buyers submit after their home inspection. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We are grateful for the opportunity to assist our blog readers! From a recent seller: When we moved to San Diego in 2005 we rented a big house on Mt. Soledad (La Jolla) with 180 degree ocean views for the same payment as a mortgage on a dump in Chula Vista. Clearly...
Though last year had many challenges and was the worst year ever for many, it turned out to be a phenomenal year for us, business-wise. We are very grateful for our clients' faith and confidence - many of whom found us here at the blog! The Klinge Realty Group had a...
I save photos during the year to feature here at the end, and I'm sure the Carlsbad Historical Society was a likely source for some of these - thank you S. Gutierrez! https://www.carlsbadhistoricalsociety.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was sitting...
Bubbleinfo.com made the list of best real estate blogs in the country, as determined by Hooquest.com: https://hooquest.com/real-estate-blogs/ Thanks Brian for including us! He is right - I don't give much thought to SEO, which is probably why we had the lowest number...
